methodist

1. 1.

   a follower of Wesleyanism as practiced by the Methodist Church

   BroaderProtestant

   NarrowerWesleyan

   Part ofMethodist Church

1. 1.

   of or pertaining to or characteristic of the branch of Protestantism adhering to the views of Wesley

   “Methodist theology”

   SynonymsWesleyan

   religion

Other forms of methodist

plural

methodists·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about methodist

What does methodist mean?

methodist means "a follower of Wesleyanism as practiced by the Methodist Church". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in methodist?

methodist has 3 syllables: met-ho-dist. The stress falls on "met". In IPA it is /ˈmɛθədəst/.

What is another word for methodist?

Close synonyms include Wesleyan. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is methodist a common word?

methodist is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.